Commodity house

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Demolition site of the commodity house, seen from Einspinnergasse (2011).
Demolition site of the commodity house, seen from Burggasse (2011).

The Kommod-Haus , also known as the Kommodhaus , was a building on the corner of Einspinnergasse and Burggasse in the inner city of Graz , which was demolished despite the existing monument protection. It received particular importance and public relevance through a heated controversy within the Graz city government and citizen protests.

history

Around 1590 there was a carriage shed on the site of the Kommod House, which was part of the court stables. Archduke Charles II placed his Lipizzaner horses in them. The stables lost their importance after the court moved to Vienna in 1619. In the 18th century the stables housed theater groups.

The building itself was built in 1785. It was given its form until 2003 by Jakob Koll in 1813. In 1839 an extension was carried out by the master builder Georg Hauberrisser, from whom the house got its listed facade. The structure was damaged in World War II and restored in 1955.

In the course of its history, several restaurants used the house in Burggasse : from 1855 the Fischer tavern, from 1902 the inn “Zum alten Stadttheater”, from 1930 the “Biersanatorium”, from 1970 “Victorian Steakhouse” and “Downstairs” and finally, to before the demolition, the eponymous café "Kommod" and the "Triangle" located in the basement. In previous years, the building fell into disrepair when it was demolished at the beginning of October 2003, in the year of the European Capital of Culture, which was accompanied by numerous political controversies that continue to have an impact up to the present day.

Because of the high cost of the renovation due to the acute danger of collapse of the roof structure, the Graz City Senate decided by a majority to demolish it, only the Greens and the KPÖ voted against. This was followed by a lawsuit that has continued to the present day. Citizens' protests accompanied the demolition work of the house that was occupied in the meantime. A project that filled the gap was implemented from 2015. The property is owned by the Wegraz company, the plans for it came from the architect Zaha Hadid . The official opening took place in February 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schweigert: Dehio Graz. P. 65.
  2. ↑ KOMMOD - We are temporarily closed! In: gat.st . September 26, 2003, accessed March 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ http://www.graz.gruene.at/pressemitteilungen/sondersitzzung-zum-kommod-haus/  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.graz.gruene.at
  4. ↑ Article: Kommod-Haus: Demolition order remains by Wolfgang Maget, September 26, 2003  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.graz.at
  5. ↑ Entry on www.gat.st , October 6, 2003  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gat.st
  6. ↑ Interview with Wegraz boss Reinhard Hohenberg, conducted by Bernd Hecke. Kleine Zeitung , February 24, 2009, archived from the original on September 28, 2014 . ;.
  7. ↑ Zaha Hadid House in Graz officially opened. In: ORF.at . February 13, 2020, accessed February 14, 2020 .

literature

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